Section 1
Introduction
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Introduction
This section provides general information about Programmable Controllers
(Systems) and how they fit into a Control System.
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What is a Control System?
A Control System is the electronic equipment needed to control a particular
process. It may include everything from a process control computer, if one is
used, to the factory computer, down through the PCs (and there may be
many of them networked together), and then on down through the network to
the control components: the switches, stepping motors, solenoids, and sen-
sors which monitor and control the mechanical operations.
PC
PC
PC
PCs
Process Control Computer
Factory Computer
Control Components
A Control System can involve very large applications where many different
models of PC are networked together or it could be an application as small
as a single PC controlling a single output device.
Summary of Contents for SYSMAC C500
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